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Through 12-3-708

Repealed by Ga. L. 2008, p. 1015, § 4/SB 344, effective May 14, 2008.

Editor's notes.

- This article was based on Code 1981, §§ 12-3-680 through12-3-708, enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1198, § 1.

CHAPTER 4 MINERAL RESOURCES AND CAVES Article 1 General Provisions.

12-4-1. Powers and duties of Environmental Protection Division as to mineral and geological resources.

Article 2 Mining and Drilling. Part 1 OIL WELL REWARD.

12-4-20. Amount of reward; eligibility for reward.
12-4-21. Manner of distribution of reward.
12-4-22. Authorization for Governor to make payments from surplus or contingent funds.

Part 2 DEEP DRILLING FOR OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS.

12-4-40. Short title.
12-4-41. Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
12-4-42. Definitions.
12-4-43. Powers of board as to deep drilling.
12-4-44. Authority to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations.
12-4-45. Powers of board as to establishment of drilling and operation units; applicability of state antitrust laws to private agreements approved by board.
12-4-46. Drilling permits.
12-4-47. Bonds or undertaking by persons conducting drilling operations.
12-4-48. Actions by director to enforce part; civil penalties; effect of Code section on cause of action by royalty owners, lienholders, or other claimants.
12-4-49. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
12-4-50. Obedience to subpoena required; self-incrimination not a defense; use of evidence in criminal prosecutions.
12-4-51. Effect of part on other laws.
12-4-52. Effect of part on authority and functions of other state officers and agencies.
12-4-52.1. Local authority.
12-4-53. Prohibited acts.
12-4-54. Levying of severance tax.

Part 3 SURFACE MINING.

12-4-70. Short title.
12-4-71. Legislative purpose; duty of Environmental Protection Division to administer part.
12-4-72. Definitions.
12-4-73. Powers and duties of division as to surface mining generally; division may decline to assert jurisdiction.
12-4-74. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Board of Natural Resources.
12-4-75. Permits for surface mining operations; submission of mining land use plan and amendment to plan; bonding of applicants.
12-4-76. Substitution of mined areas.
12-4-77. Renewal or replacement of revoked permit; mining on unauthorized site.
12-4-78. Appeal to superior court.
12-4-79. Injunctive relief.
12-4-80. Removal of minerals, ores, and other solid matter as prima-facie evidence of surface mining.
12-4-81. Judgment pursuant to order.
12-4-82. Applicability of part.
12-4-83. Civil penalty; procedure for imposing penalties; hearing; judicial review; disposition of recovered penalties.
12-4-84. Criminal penalty.

Article 3 Phosphates and Gold. Part 1 PHOSPHATES.

12-4-100. Licenses to dig, mine, and remove phosphate deposits; restrictions on license holders.
12-4-101. Annual mining fee; license fee; affidavit and bond.
12-4-102. Lapse of license.
12-4-103. Penalty.

Part 2 GOLD.

Article 4 Cave Protection.

12-4-140. Short title.
12-4-141. Legislative purpose.
12-4-142. Definitions.
12-4-143. Defacing or disturbing natural condition of cave; breaking or tampering with gates, doors, or other device controlling or preventing access to caves; trespass.
12-4-144. Sale or offer to sell speleothems.
12-4-145. Storing hazardous or detrimental chemicals or materials in caves or sinkholes; dumping or disposing of garbage, dead animals, or similar materials in caves or sinkholes.
12-4-146. Killing, harming, removing, or disturbing wildlife found in a cave.
12-4-147. Liability of owners of caves for injuries.

Cross references.

- Regulation of sale and storage of liquefied petroleum gas, § 10-1-260 et seq.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Cross references.

- Registration of geologists, T. 43, C. 19.

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